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Post by spence on Oct 6, 2019 22:04:41 GMT -7
Made this simple pipe box many years ago, with drawer for flint, steel and charcloth. For display only, now, gave up the habit almost 20 years ago. I still miss a good pipe over the campfire of an evening.    Spence |
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Post by brokennock on Oct 6, 2019 22:28:06 GMT -7
Pretty neat. Any luck lighting the pipe with charcloth? I've had moderate success lighting up with a charred rope "tinder tube." More likely to use charred punkwood to light a candle and light the pipe from that. If I could find a convenient little set of tongs to hold a punkwood ember I would try lighting my pipe with that.
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Post by Keith on Oct 6, 2019 23:49:34 GMT -7
Excellent Spence, good images too, well done. Love it. I too gave up smoking many years now. But I don't miss it.
Keith.
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Post by Black Hand on Oct 7, 2019 4:54:10 GMT -7
Made this simple pipe box many years ago, with drawer for flint, steel and charcloth. For display only, now, gave up the habit almost 20 years ago. I still miss a good pipe over the campfire of an evening. Spence I like it! I also quit smoking 12-15 years ago and don't miss the hassle. One day at hunting camp 6-7 years ago, the boys were smoking a delightfully-fragrant pipe tobacco and I decided to give it a go. Big mistake - One puff and I spent the rest of the day trying to get the taste out of my mouth with no success. Smelled great, tasted awful... On the other hand, a pipe box (or several) are planned as are a few candle boxes. |
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Post by spence on Oct 7, 2019 8:35:38 GMT -7
Many years ago I knew a fellow who had lighting a pipe with flint and steel down completely pat. He simply put a small piece of charcloth on the tobacco in the pipe and dropped an ember on it with the pipe in his mouth. Drawing on the pipe quickly lit the tobacco. He usually did it with one light click of the flint and steel, hardly ever missed.
I could never learn to do that, hard as I tried, but I used the same basic method. I dropped a spark on charcloth first, then put it into the pipe. From there on it is a reliable lighter.
Spence
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 7, 2019 8:41:54 GMT -7
Made this simple pipe box many years ago, with drawer for flint, steel and charcloth. For display only, now, gave up the habit almost 20 years ago. I still miss a good pipe over the campfire of an evening. Spence Very nice! You should highly consider sending that box (pipes included) my way! ;-) These simple little treasures do the soul good. |
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Post by spence on Oct 7, 2019 12:18:16 GMT -7
Moderators, get out your splinters for under my fingernails. This item is not something I made, and not 18th century, but I don't know a better place to put it. Black Hand mentioned candle boxes, and I have a sweet one. Bought it at auction many years ago, an authentic antique, but probably no older than early 20th century. Curley maple, dovetailed throughout, bottom fastened in with wooden pegs, perfect patina.     And some hand-dipped beeswax candles. The candlesticks are very small 18th-century style reproductions, they use the small candles like the little ones on the same wick on the box,  Spence |
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Post by Black Hand on Oct 7, 2019 16:14:43 GMT -7
An excellent find! Little different from other images of candle boxes (some purporting to be from our periods). The fit, finish and construction appear to be (our) period...
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Post by Keith on Oct 7, 2019 16:25:58 GMT -7
Moderators, get out your splinters for under my fingernails. This item is not something I made, and not 18th century, but I don't know a better place to put it. Black Hand mentioned candle boxes, and I have a sweet one. Bought it at auction many years ago, an authentic antique, but probably no older than early 20th century. Curley maple, dovetailed throughout, bottom fastened in with wooden pegs, perfect patina. And some hand-dipped beeswax candles. The candlesticks are very small 18th-century style reproductions, they use the small candles like the little ones on the same wick on the box, Spence  I don't know Spence, this 18th century candle box looks an awful lot like your's. Keith. www.opusantiques.co.uk/#!product-page/c1u5r/7cbd98b4-91c4-c5da-ad71-d96363486bec; |
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Post by brokennock on Oct 7, 2019 16:40:56 GMT -7
I'll give up smoking when I give up coffee,,,, which will be right after
I give up breathing and having a pulse.
Both candle boxes are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.
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Post by hawkeyes on Oct 8, 2019 5:35:35 GMT -7
I'll give up smoking when I give up coffee,,,, which will be right after I give up breathing and having a pulse. Both candle boxes are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them. I agree on all front's here! |
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Post by Keith on Oct 8, 2019 14:13:08 GMT -7
The reality of smoking caught up with me on a hunt one time in the Territory. I was hunting wild boar with one of my brothers-in-law. We came across a boar but I could not get a clear shot, the boar took off & my unarmed brother-in-law gave chase. I found that I was totally out of breath, I could not keep up. The large boar turned on my brother-in-law, but fortunately my dog turned the boar but suffered stab wounds to the chest. Running for me was fine, as was walking all day, but the crunch came on this day because I was forced to push beyond my normal steady pace. This could have cost the life of my brother-in-law.
When I got home, I threw my cigarettes in the bin, & I have not smoked since. This is when NOT smoking counts, when you need in an emergency to perform at a higher level. Frankly health wise if I had not stopped smoking, I would probably be dead by now, because ones health level is also important when it comes to having major surgery. I strongly advise all smokers to give it away, it simply isn't worth it.
Keith.
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